This was done under the Investigatory Powers Act which was brought in in 2016. Saying that Labour weren't exactly against it at the time. Point being snooping isn't left or right - they all love it.

Labour are not anti authoritarian. Often quite pro

They got what they voted for and now that those voters are surprised?

It's really hilarious to try to blame previous governments for such unpopular moves like this one.

If Labour was any better, then they would never have used the Investigatory Powers Act to force Apple to take actions such as this.

For those who thought Labour would never do this, should just admit that this move was done under Labour and they are no better than the Tories.

The party most likely to cut this stuff out is Reform, although they'd probably be closer to ambivalent about it.

The Blairite wing of that party has always been extremely bad with this kind of thing (see Tony Blair's obsession with ID cards over the decades) so it's unsurprising they'd push something like this.